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Fall Faculty Series

Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall: Finding Common Ground in a Fractured Age

The motto of the United States is “Out of Many, One,” but our democracy in 2017 was splintered, with political combatants entrenched in fixed ideologies, while the idea of a political center seemed to have become a no-person’s land.

The 2017 Fall Faculty Series explored how today's biggest issues could be resolved through courage and compassion.

The Sisters of Mercy identified many critical concerns in our modern world, such as violence, women, immigration, Earth, and more. Coming to grips with these big issues requires a measure of sanity and rationality that seems scarce in politics.

Through multiple presentations, performances, and stories, the 2017 Fall Faculty Series examined:

• How we got to this point, and where we may be able to go from here.• The legitimate role of protest to allow marginalized voices to be heard.• The ways we can have constructive dialogue with those who disagree with us.